SCO should find solutions for regional issues: Zardari

September 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has assured Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq that his government will continue to support Kashmir politically and morally. On Monday, Zardari met Farooq to discuss various issues including affairs relating mutual interest and Kashmir.

September 19th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that terrorist and militants were deliberately created to achieve certain strategic goals and to counter rival ideology. "Militants and militancy were not created in a vacuum; they have been the product of a deliberate policy to fight the rival ideology," Zardari said.

September 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari seems to share a special relationship with China, as he receives an extra ordinary welcome in Beijing that no other leader of any state enjoys during his visit to the communist country. During his recent China visit, Zardari received an unprecedented protocol and Beijing also acknowledged that no head of state is ever given such a protocol if he is on a working visit to cities other than Beijing.

August 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that the Taliban has been defeated in the Swat Valley. In an interview with the News ahead of his meeting with US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Zardari said Pakistan was a united nation and would always stand united against its enemy.

July 30th, 2009 DUSHANBE - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan Thursday vowed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism and organized crime and also strengthen their trade, energy and communication ties. Agreement on this came at a trilateral meeting between Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at Varzob, a picturesque tourist resort some 40 km from here, APP news agency reported.

July 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has dismissed reports of any misunderstandings with President Asif Ali Zardari, saying that he regularly interacts with Zardari. "I meet the president regularly and have frequent telephonic conversations with him on all issues," the Daily Times quoted Gilani, as saying.

June 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has said it will support continuing dialogue between India and Pakistan them to find joint solutions to counter terrorism and to promote regional stability, but leave it to them how to go about it. "We will also continue to support dialogue between Indian and Pakistani leaders," Robert O.

June 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has welcomed as "encouraging" a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in the aftermath of the November Mumbai attacks saying the two countries need to continue their dialogue. "A resumption of such high-level engagement in the aftermath of the November Mumbai attacks is encouraging," State Department Spokesman, Ian Kelly told reporters Tuesday when asked to comment on the two leaders' meeting on the sidelines of the Yekaterinburg summit.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Pakistan and Russia Tuesday pledged to open a new chapter in their relationship by boosting economic ties and jointly tackling the twin threats of terrorism and extremism. The decision came at a meeting between Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at a scenic resort some 20 km from this Russian industrial city, APP news agency reported.

May 24th, 2009 TEHRAN - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday called for joint efforts by Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to ensure regional stability and to combat terrorism and militancy We have to get together to tackle these challenges. It is not just the matter of our survival, but for the betterment and safety of our future generations, APP quoted Zardari as saying while addressing the first trilateral summit of the three countries here.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, who arrives here Wednesday from New York on his way back from his first official visit to the US, will hold talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown soon after his arrival on a two-day visit. 'The two leaders will meet at 10 Downing Street in the afternoon and will focus on bilateral issues as well as the regional security.

May 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Responding strongly to critics of his administration in the United States, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that the war against extremists and militants in the tribal badlands had begun much before the 9/11 strikes across America. "It's a war of our existence," Zardari told NBC News's Meet the Press.

May 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke called on President Asif Ali Zardari here on Wednesday. Zardari, Clinton and Holbrooke discussed the war on terror in a breakfast meeting that lasted for about an hour.

April 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari would sign the Swat peace deal only after peace and harmony returns in the region. Talking to media persons here, Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamaruz Zaman Kaira, made it clear that peace must be established in the valley before putting a stamp on the peace accord.

January 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday evening during which they discussed the dismissal of Mahmud Ali Durrani as national security advisor, news reports said. The two met for over an hour at the President's House.